Wheel



S. H. PHELPS.

WHEEL., APPLICATION FILEDAUGA, 191s.

f Patented Aug. 8,

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SENCER EHELS, GF MNNEAPOLS, MNIJESOTA, SSGNOR, BY MESNE ASSEGN-."r/IENES, TO BEEMAN TRACTOR COMPANY, UF MINNEAPOLIS, lvllNESOTi/, ACOR- POREON OF IJLINNESOTA.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. jPgL-fpqgmtd @murga 83 i922 Applicationfiled August fl, 1919. Serial No. 315,175.

To all cl2/710m t may concern:

Be it known that. l', SPENCER H. Pi-rnnrs, a citizen ot the UnitedStates, resident ot lv'linneapolis, county oli Hennepin, State etlllinnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements inlllheels, et which the following is aspecification.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a wheel adapted. particularlyfor use on a small tractor tor lawn mowing` purposes, the

y traction rim beingcomparatively light and readily removable from thewheel and provided with peripheral lugs or 'tongues which will insuresu'tlicient traction onA the grass without inateri all y d alnagrinn'the sod.

A liurthcr object is to provide a traction rim which will becomparatively inexpensive to manufacture and easily mounted on thewheel.

ln the accompanying drawings forming,` part et this specification,

Figure l is a view, partially in section. ot a wheel embodying myinvention, l

Figure E?, is a side view, partially in section, oit the same.

ln the drawing, 2 represents the hub et a wheel having` a flange 3provided with 'a ring l and a series of projecting;` members 5supporting' a peripheral rim 6 which may be integral with the members 7rep resents a supplemental or auxiliary rim, made preferably of sheetmetal folded to a circular torni and having abutting or lapping endssecured together by suitable means, such as rivets (l. llt intervals inthis rim l provide lugs 10 pressed or punched out ot the metal andpreferably in staggered relation and et sullieient length to enter thesod and provide sullicient traction tor the wh uel without damaging;`the sod. The rim (l is provided with external lugs or projections ll onwhich the auxiliary rim may loe seated and secured to the rim by asuitable number of bolts l2 or other securing means. llllheneverdesired, this auxiliary rim may be removed and the Wheel used in theordinary manner, and l may provide wheels of different diameter andauxiliary rims et varying` diameter and in some instances the lugs inthe `auxiliary rim may be omitted.

'lfhe width of the rim may, of course, be varied according to thecharacter ot the soil where the machine is to be used. rlhis metallicband with the lugs pressed outwardly there-trom forms an extremelysimple lout etlicient traction for the wheel and can be readily appliedto the rim 6 and conveniently removed when desired.

l do not confine myselfY to the use et the lugs ll as these may beomitted and the auxiliary rim 7 secured directly to the parts l claim asmy invention:

l. The combinationj with a wheel rim, ot an auxiliary rim comprising ametallic band arranged to encircle the wheel rim and seated thereon andof greater width than the wheel rim to increase the width et the normaltread thereof, said auxiliary rim having a series of lugs pressedoutwardly theretrom. said lugs being positioned to enter the soilduring' the revolution of the wheel and increase the traction thereofand said auxiliary rim having` means forv securing it 'to the main rimot the wheel 2. The combination, with a traction wheel rim having aseries of projections thereon, et a sheet metal auxiliary rim encirclingsaid wheel rim and seated on said projections and extending` outwardlybeyond said wheel rim on one side, said auxiliary rim having` series o'tlugs with rounded outer ends pressed outwardly from the metal cempesinp;said auxiliary rim.

3. The combination, with a traction wheel rim, ot an auxiliary rimencirclig said wheel rim and composed ot a strip et sheet metal having`means tor securing' its abutting ends together, said auxiliary rimextending,` laterally beyond one edge of said wheel rim to widen thetread thereo'lf and said aux iliary rim having; a series of tonguespressed outwardly therefrom, each tongue 'forminga spade-like tooth fordigging into the soil.

ln witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand this th day of July,1919.

SPENCER H. PHELPS.

